This! Thrash metal or some good electronic music is the only thing that helps. Chiptunes too. I can pump out shitloads of work that way. Unfortunately, ever since Teams was introduced, people keep calling me without hesitation. People invite me to (recurring) meetings faster than I can decline them. I fucking hate the post covid era. I can't listen to music for more than 2 minutes before the next interruption.

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

hmm maybe headphones with transparency mode would help? you can still listen to music while having the call on speakers. just an idea, don't know if it's feasible

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 hours ago

At least for myself, music is great at helping me concentrate on non-verbal tasks, but the second I'm expected to pay attention to speech or (god forbid) talk to someone, it makes it impossible too. That may be the autism causing that as well but I'm not sure.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 10 hours ago

Hell yeah, some electronic & industrial sounds are always welcome. I do have chiptunes represented on my playlist too. There’s at least Strike The Earth from Shovel Knight.

Fortunately mr job is pretty good about leaving me alone to work on things. (or not, as is often the case)